title: Synthesis of (+)-DGDP and (-)-7-epialexine.
abstract: The partial reduction of electron deficient pyrroles is an extremely versatile method that allows us to prepare substituted pyrrolidines and pyrrolizidines with trans-diol stereochemistry on the five membered ring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Chemistry Research Laboratory, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK. timothy.donohoe@chem.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Donohoe
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cheeseman
authors.forename: Timothy J C
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: O'Riordan
authors.forename: Jessica A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Kershaw
mesh_terms: D011758:Pyrroles / Q000737:chemistry; D011763:Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: C513881:2,5-dideoxy-2,5-imino-D-glucitol; D011758:Pyrroles; D011763:Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids; C059794:australine; C013231:pyrroline; D013012:Sorbitol